Friday 26 September 1969

It was Friday, under the sign of Libra. The US president was Richard Nixon (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Anthony Kavanagh and Dan Stulbach.
In that special week of September people in US were listening to Sugar, Sugar by The Archies.
In UK Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival was in the top 5 hits.
Astérix et Cléopâtre, directed by Ren Goscinny, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1969
while My Life With Jacqueline Kennedy by Mary Barelli Gallagher was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Then Came Bronson.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Space Travel.
But much more happened that day: find out below..

The United States government is given a warning by the pre-eminent biophysicists in the country: current sterilization procedures applied to returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to